[HTML][HTML] Natural variation in crops: realized understanding, continuing promise
Crops feed the world's population and shape human civilization. The improvement of crop
productivity has been ongoing for almost 10,000 years and has evolved from an experience …
productivity has been ongoing for almost 10,000 years and has evolved from an experience …
Lessons from domestication: targeting cis-regulatory elements for crop improvement
G Swinnen, A Goossens, L Pauwels - Trends in plant science, 2016 - cell.com
Domestication of wild plant species has provided us with crops that serve our human
nutritional needs. Advanced DNA sequencing has propelled the unveiling of underlying …
nutritional needs. Advanced DNA sequencing has propelled the unveiling of underlying …
Enhancing grain-yield-related traits by CRISPR–Cas9 promoter editing of maize CLE genes
Several yield-related traits selected during crop domestication and improvement, are
associated with increases in meristem size, which is controlled by CLE peptide signals in the …
associated with increases in meristem size, which is controlled by CLE peptide signals in the …
Open chromatin reveals the functional maize genome
E Rodgers-Melnick, DL Vera… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Cellular processes mediated through nuclear DNA must contend with chromatin. Chromatin
structural assays can efficiently integrate information across diverse regulatory elements …
structural assays can efficiently integrate information across diverse regulatory elements …
[HTML][HTML] The genomic signature of crop-wild introgression in maize
MB Hufford, P Lubinksy, T Pyhäjärvi… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The evolutionary significance of hybridization and subsequent introgression has long been
appreciated, but evaluation of the genome-wide effects of these phenomena has only …
appreciated, but evaluation of the genome-wide effects of these phenomena has only …
[HTML][HTML] The regulatory landscape of a core maize domestication module controlling bud dormancy and growth repression
Many domesticated crop plants have been bred for increased apical dominance, displaying
greatly reduced axillary branching compared to their wild ancestors. In maize, this was …
greatly reduced axillary branching compared to their wild ancestors. In maize, this was …
Maize SBP-box transcription factors unbranched2 and unbranched3 affect yield traits by regulating the rate of lateral primordia initiation
The separation of male and female flowers in maize provides the potential for independent
regulation of traits that affect crop productivity. For example, tassel branch number controls …
regulation of traits that affect crop productivity. For example, tassel branch number controls …
[HTML][HTML] Harnessing knowledge from maize and rice domestication for new crop breeding
Q Chen, W Li, L Tan, F Tian - Molecular Plant, 2021 - cell.com
Crop domestication has fundamentally altered the course of human history, causing a shift
from hunter-gatherer to agricultural societies and stimulating the rise of modern civilization …
from hunter-gatherer to agricultural societies and stimulating the rise of modern civilization …
[HTML][HTML] KRN4 Controls Quantitative Variation in Maize Kernel Row Number
Kernel row number (KRN) is an important component of yield during the domestication and
improvement of maize and controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTL). Here, we fine-mapped a …
improvement of maize and controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTL). Here, we fine-mapped a …
[HTML][HTML] The past, present, and future of maize improvement: domestication, genomics, and functional genomic routes toward crop enhancement
After being domesticated from teosinte, cultivated maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) spread
worldwide and now is one of the most important staple crops. Due to its tremendous …
worldwide and now is one of the most important staple crops. Due to its tremendous …